Skills Academy
GRAND ISLAND · NE · GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public · K-12 combined
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GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → INDRA HOUSE → ISLANDER ANNEX → NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL → CAREER PATHWAYS INSTITUTE → DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL SECONDARY → WOOD RIVER RURAL HIGH SCHOOL → CENTURA SECONDARY SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Skills Academy compares for families
What families should know about Skills Academy.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, INDRA HOUSE, ISLANDER ANNEX and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 25% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.2 | 2,696 | +6.4% |
| INDRA HOUSE GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| ISLANDER ANNEX GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.6 | — | — |
| NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 2.0 | 680 | -2.0% |
| CAREER PATHWAYS INSTITUTE GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 2.3 | — | — |
| DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL SECONDARY DONIPHAN |
Public | 11.5 | 156 | +9.1% |
| WOOD RIVER RURAL HIGH SCHOOL WOOD RIVER |
Public | 14.6 | 145 | +0.7% |
| CENTURA SECONDARY SCHOOL CAIRO |
Public | 15.7 | 126 | -16.0% |